You've been saying that your life is nothing but a masquerade
Did I hear you say that love is running through your head?
Now you come along and tell me all about the games you play
Don't you think the time has come for you to join the band?
Tell it to the laughing man, yeah,
tell it to the laughing man
Tell it to the laughing man,
tell it to the laughing man
What about the girl you used to know in Abilene?
She was all you really wanted,
everything she did was right
Don't you realize the girl was only in your dream?
Tell it to the laughing man,
yeah, tell it to the laughing man
Tell it to the laughing man,
tell it to the laughing man
He will understand
In the beginning,
you were a baby,
reaching for pleasures unknown,
Oh, to be happy forever.
Now you can see that nothing has changed,
only a change in the weather.
Eyes that can see,
now eyes that will know,
vision will come and vision will go.
And once you can get it together,
you will be happy forever.